Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy interacting with PM Narendra Modi after the Commonwealth Games in August 2022 (cropped).jpg
Rankireddy in August 2022
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 22)
Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachMathias Boe
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking3(MD with Chirag Shetty, 20 June 2023)
19 (XD with Ashwini Ponnappa, 2 February 2021)
Current ranking3 (MD with Chirag Shetty, 20 June 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[1][2] He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the only men's doubles pair from India to win BWF World Tour 1000 & be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 3.[3]

Early life and background

Rankireddy hails from a town named Amalapuram in the state of Andhra Pradesh and started playing badminton after following in the footsteps of his father, who was a state-level player in the past, as well his elder brother. In 2014, he joined the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and decided to become a doubles specialist.[4]

Career

2018

In 2018, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played a crucial role in earning India a historic gold medal in the Mixed Team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver.[5] They won their first BWF World Tour title in Hyderabad Open after beating the Indonesian pair of Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the final. [6]

2019

In 2019, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Superseries or BWF World Tour (Super 500+) title, when they won the Thailand Open title, beating the Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final.[7] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the 2019 French Open, where they lost in the final to the Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[8]

2021

In 2021, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open.[9] In July, he and Shetty competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the group stage, following a loss to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. However, they were the only pair in the entire tournament who defeated eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin, whom they had narrowly beaten in their first group stage encounter.[10] In December, Rankireddy and Shetty qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals for the first time in their career, but withdrew from the tournament after a loss in their first group stage match to the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

2022

In 2022, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started the year by winning India Open.[11] They were also part of India's Thomas Cup winning team. In the final, having lost the first game to the Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan, they displayed immense perseverance and tenacity to win the second game and close out the third game at 21–19, giving India a 2–0 lead over Indonesia. This was pivotal in helping India bag its maiden Thomas Cup trophy.[12] Rankireddy and Shetty then won the men's doubles gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final.[13] At the BWF World Championships, Rankireddy and Shetty won a bronze medal, India's first-ever men's doubles medal at the tournament. They beat defending champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.[14] They then won their first ever BWF World Super 750 title in the French Open by beating Chinese Taipei pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals.[15]

Honours

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan 		India Chirag Shetty Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik 		22–20, 18–21, 16–21
Bronze
Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		India Chirag Shetty Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi 		16–21, 21–17, 21–19
Gold
Gold

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia 		India Chirag Shetty England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge 		13–21, 16–21
Silver
Silver
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England India Chirag Shetty England Ben Lane
England Sean Vendy 		21–15, 21–13
Gold
Gold

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[17] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[18]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Indonesia Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 		21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 India Chirag Shetty China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		21–19, 18–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 French Open Super 750 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 India Open Super 500 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		21–16, 26–24 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 French Open Super 750 India Chirag Shetty Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han 		21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 India Chirag Shetty China Ren Xiangyu
China Tan Qiang 		21–19, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 India Chirag Shetty Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik 		21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Mauritius International India Chirag Shetty India Dhruv Kapila
India Saurabh Sharma 		21–12, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 India International Series India Chirag Shetty Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin 		8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Tata Open India International India Chirag Shetty India Arjun M.R.
India Ramchandran Shlok 		10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bangladesh International India Chirag Shetty India M. Anilkumar Raju
India Venkat Gaurav Prasad 		17–21, 21–7, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Vietnam International India Chirag Shetty Thailand Trawut Potieng
Thailand Nanthakarn Yordphaisong 		17–21, 21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Brazil International India Chirag Shetty Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Robin Tabeling 		21–14, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Tata Open India International India K. Maneesha India Arun Vishnu
India Aparna Balan 		21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Mauritius International India K. Maneesha Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan
India Prajakta Sawant 		21–19, 11–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 India International Series India K. Maneesha Malaysia Low Hang Yee
Malaysia Cheah Yee See 		5–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bangladesh International India K. Maneesha Thailand Tanupat Viriyangkura
Thailand Thanyasuda Wongya 		21–12, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 India Junior International India Krishna Prasad Garaga India Arjun M. R.
India Chirag Shetty 		7–11, 10–11, 6-11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 India Junior International India Krishna Prasad Garaga Thailand W Sarapat
Thailand Panachai Worasaktayanan 		21–15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Chirag Shetty against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 13 November 2022.[19]

Awards and recognition

National

References

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Thomas Cup badminton men's team champions
Asian badminton men's doubles champions
Badminton in India
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 13 June 2023
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